Myopic choroidal neovascularization: A 10-year follow-up

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1297-1305

  Yoshida, Takeshi ^b   Ohno Matsui, Kyoko ^a   Yasuzumi, Kenjiro ^b   Kojima, Ariko ^b   Shimada, Noriaki ^b   Futagami, Soh ^b   Tokoro, Takashi ^b   Mochizuki, Manabu ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOPIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037963528     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00461-5     Document Type: Article

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